Counselors prepare a plan for the transfer of clients and the dissemination of records to an identified colleague or records custodian in the case of the counselor's incapacitation, death, retirement, or termination of practice.

...psychologists make reasonable efforts to plan for facilitating services in the event that psychological services are interrupted by factors such as the psychologist's illness, death, unavailability, relocation or retirement ...

Code of Ethics

If you are a health care professional, chances are your code of ethics requires you to have a plan for transition of care in case of retirement or emergency. Private Practice Preparedness provides easy to use, cost efficient tools to aid you in documenting such a plan. Going beyond the scope of a professional will, the ebook walks you through the steps of identifying professionals to serve as Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and addresses issues and concerns related to closing or transitioning a private practice or caseload.